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'YouTube Baby' still has hoop dreams
Wayne Drehs, ESPNChicago.comWayne Drehs checks back in with 9-year-old Marquise Walker, seven months after the hoops prodigy drew national acclaim on ESPN.com.
Story | Conversation | May 11, 2009Bulls: 'We didn't do anything right'
Wayne Drehs, ESPNChicago.comThe Bulls came into Game 3 believing they could shock the defending NBA champs. They left amid a course of boos and doubts.
Story | Conversation | April 23, 2009The forgotten Hoosiers
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comOscar Robertson and his Crispus Attucks teammates fought segregation and discrimination en route to becoming the nation's first all-black team to win a state championship. More than 50 years later, Wayne Drehs writes that the fight continues.
Story | Conversation | February 26, 2009The forgotten Hoosiers
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comOscar Robertson and his Crispus Attucks teammates fought segregation and discrimination en route to becoming the nation's first all-black team to win a state championship. More than 50 years later, Wayne Drehs writes that the fight continues.
Story | Conversation | February 24, 2009Just two Buffalo guys picked No. 1
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comThe No. 1 picks from the 2007 NBA and NHL drafts, Greg Oden and Patrick Kane, met for the first time Monday. Wayne Drehs finds out what ties them together.
Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009Kobe's feet to feature new low-top shoe
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comNot everyone thinks it's a good thing -- wearing a low-top shoe to play basketball. But Lakers guard Kobe Bryant doesn't care. He wanted a shoe that's light, low and fast. And Nike obliged.
Story | Conversation | December 10, 2008Iowa town turns to football to recover from tornado
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comAfter a tornado ripped through Parkersburg, Iowa, the town realized that one of the best patches of new grass needs to be at the football field, writes ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs.
Story | Conversation | June 20, 2008Hammon's Olympic dream puts her in Russian uniform
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comFor years, WNBA star Becky Hammon has dreamed of playing in the Olympics, and she finally has her chance in Beijing. One catch, though: The all-American point guard will be playing for the Russian Olympic team.
Story | Conversation | April 08, 2008A year after his death, the memory of Jason Ray lives
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comThe tragic death of North Carolina mascot Jason Ray brought awareness of organ donation to thousands in the United States and overseas. A year later, as ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs writes, there are new stories of lives improved through tissue donation.
Story | Conversation | March 24, 2008Family of Walter Payton works to increase organ donor awareness
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comThe story of a celebrity like the late Walter Payton or professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning, a kidney recipient, is helping raise awareness of the need for African-Americans to sign their organ donor cards, writes ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs.
Story | Conversation | February 22, 2008Two face charges nearly a year after Jason Ray's death
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comTwo men were arrested Thursday for the accident that eventually killed Jason Ray, the 21-year-old former University of North Carolina mascot, who was in New Jersey as the Tar Heels played in the NCAA East Regional.
Story | Conversation | January 18, 2008International Bowl inspires unique breed of fans
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comYou expect fans of the teams playing in a bowl to attend a game, but fans of the bowl itself? Only in Canada.
Story | Conversation | December 28, 2007Big Ten ref's checkered background scares fellow officials
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comThe allegations in an investigation into the background of Big Ten referee Stephen Pamon has other officials around the country waiting for the next shoe to drop, writes ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs.
Story | Conversation | December 19, 2007The professional athlete as target: 'Am I next?'
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comThe Sean Taylor murder is the latest in a series of violent incidents involving high-profile professional athletes, and Wayne Drehs writes that it has others wondering: 'Am I next?'
Story | Conversation | November 29, 2007Perhaps the answer to cheating lies within each of us
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.comMaybe this cheating thing is nothing more than a mere blip on the sports radar. But what if it isn't? What if this is the inevitable path our games are headed down? If so, as ESPN.com senior writer Wayne Drehs says, isn't it worth fighting?
Story | Conversation | August 10, 2007EDITOR'S PICKS
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